Toronto: Cory Monteith's 'All the Wrong Reasons' Wins Discovery Award

One of the late "Glee" star's last films earned first-time director Gia Milani a $10,000 check on Monday.

TORONTO – Call it the Cory Monteith halo effect.

As prize-giving at the Toronto Film Festival got underway Monday, Canadian director Gia Milani picked up the juried Grolsch Film Works Discovery Award for her debut feature, All the Wrong Reasons, which stars the late Glee star and debuted Sunday night.

Milani beat out 27 other films in TIFF's Discovery sidebar for the $10,000 cash prize.

All the Wrong Reasons is also one of the last films Monteith acted in before he died tragically on July 13 due to an accidental overdose of heroin and alcohol.